Bheir Me O

DESCRIPTION: Love lyric in Scots Gaelic: "Sad am I without thee." The singer calls (her?) lover "the music of my heart," hearing (his) voice in the calling of the seals, and finds herself turning back to his home
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1909 (Kennedy-Fraser/MacLeod-SongsOfTheHebrides)
KEYWORDS: love foreignlanguage nonballad
FOUND IN: Britain(Scotland(Hebr))
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Kennedy-Fraser/MacLeod-SongsOfTheHebrides I, pp. 52-54, "An Eriskay Love Lilt (Gradh Geal mo cridh)" (1 text+English translations, 1 tune)
DT, BHEIRMEO*
NOTES [29 words]: Gordon Bok seems to imply that this song is traditional in his family -- but his text is straight out of Kennedy-Fraser/MacLeod-SongsOfTheHebrides. Don't ask me to explain. - RBW
File: DTnheirm

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